India, May 19 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on September 12 and 13 to attend the BRICS Summit, the country's Embassy in South Africa confirmed on Tuesday.

This will mark Putin's second visit to India within a year.

He had last visited India to attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit in December 2025.

It was Putin's first visit to the South Asian country since the conflict against Ukraine began in 2022.

Citing a Kremlin aide, the Embassy wrote on X, "President of Russia Vladimir #Putin will attend the #BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13 - Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov."

Putin will visit India just days after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov visited New Delhi for a high-stakes meeting of BRICS fore...